About MDRC
Nuñez is a research analyst in the K-12 Education policy area, where she focuses on promoting equitable student outcomes through career and technical education tools, qualitative coding, and synthesizing findings. In her role, Nuñez provides research support to various projects, including XQ, CTE Advise, Prep-KC, and the Small Schools of Choice evaluation. Before joining MDRC in 2022, Nuñez worked with the nonprofit AHRC, serving populations with intellectual and developmental disabilities in research and operations projects through the Department of Education, NYC City Contracts, and Care Coordination Offices. She holds an associate’s degree in psychology from LaGuardia Community College, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and a master’s degree in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Rebecca Unterman, Kelly Granito, Jedediah J. Teres, Emma Alterman, Faith Lewis, Matthew MacFarlane, Barbara Condliffe, Sonia Drohojowska, Crystal Nuñez, Byeonghyeon SoXQ Institute was founded in 2015 with the goal of “re-thinking the high school experience” so that all students get the preparation they need for college and careers and grow to the fullest as civic participants, critical readers, proactive problem solvers, original thinkers, generous collaborators, and learners for life.
XQ funds the design and...
Rachel Rosen, Ivonne Garcia, D. Crystal Byndloss, Shelley Rappaport, Emma Alterman, Hannah Dalporto, Hannah Power, Crystal NuñezNew models of career and technical education ( CTE ) have expanded student choices and shifted towards high-quality, career-themed programs of study and pathways to careers. Advising within CTE programs plays a key role in guiding student pathway choices and ensuring that career information is received by all students, rather than a select few.
Many schools and...
The New York City public school system is the largest in the United States, with over 1,200 schools and more than 1.1 million students enrolled each year. For more than a decade, it has also been the site of an unprecedented investment in high school reform. Beginning in 2002 and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other philanthropies, the...